The Journal Journey

The Journal Journey

Welcome! This Wikizine is dedicated to journals and journaling. Specifically, the process of putting pen to paper, the wonder and mystery of the journals we buy, and how what we fill our journals with is a reflection of our journey.

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Here I am again. Starting another empty volume. Sitting, drinking coffee. Wondering what will become of my life. - July 19, 2003 This post is part 2 in a series entitled Symbols of Redemption. For part 1, click here . For part 2, click here . On July 19, 2003, I began my eleventh journal with the words above. “Here I am again.” They were words of recognition… “Starting another empty volume.” … of repetition… “Sitting, drinking coffee.” … tied to a dream of being a writer in a noisy café–coffee in hand–watching the world swirl and dance and provide input to the pen… ... Read Full Story
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In January of 1996, I walked into a grocery store in Shrewsbury, MA with my father and my sister. I was seventeen . I don’t recall where exactly the store was, why we where there, or what we bought while there, save one item. The first journal I ever owned. I remember walking down the aisle with the school supplies and glancing down at the notebooks lined up on display. I looked quickly over the spirals and spotted the familiar black and white marbled cover of PenTab Composition Books. I leaned over to pick one up and held it in my hands. I remember ... Read Full Story
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I have journals. Lots of them. Mostly in a pile on top of the bookcase in my office. Of course, you already know I have journals. I’m certain I’ve mentioned this before . But what you don’t know is that none of these journals are full. Except for one. But we’ll get to that. The rest of my journals have almost as many blank pages as full ones. Some are more empty than full. Many of them overlap in time, like my first journal (which has dated entries from January, 1996 to December, 2000) and my second (which begins in August of 1996 and ... Read Full Story
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This post is part 2 in a series entitled Symbols of Redemption. For part 1, click here . Last week, in part one of this series , I talked about my many incomplete journals. I admitted that I’m pretty good about coming up with new ideas and starting new things, but that I often have trouble carrying those ideas to completion. Because this is so much a part of my personality, my journals became symbols of incompleteness beyond the blank pages themselves. They were symbols of brokenness, a lack of discipline, and all the unfinished ideas I couldn’t muster the strength to finish. And ... Read Full Story
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We all love Moleskine® notebooks. The quality of the paper and cover, the simplicity of the design, and the feel in your hands. Now they have come out with great new colors in their New Moleskine Volant Collection in Blue, Green, Pink, and the standard Black. I really welcome the new colors and appreciate the moods they can generate. They come in 3 different sizes and are packaged in sets of two shades: Lighter pink with darker pink, lighter green with darker green, lighter blue with darker blue. As usual, you can select lined or plain paper. Chronicle Books is inviting readers to take ... Read Full Story
COLUMBIA -- It might be the age of Twitter and text messages, but precision thinking and writing still count. That's one motive behind the new statewide writing tests to be given Tuesday and Wednesday to some 300,000 S.C. public school students in third through eighth grades.  
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ONEIDA — Author Susan Wojciechowski visited St. Patrick’s School Monday to share some writing insights with students. The author of books like “The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey,” which was later made into a movie, the “Beany” series and “A Fine St.  
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Endemol chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz promised partnership and innovation at the opening keynote of this year's MIPTV, telling delegates that the global producer-distributor of such shows as "Deal or No Deal" and "Wipeout" will put hard cash into creativity to ride out the current economic gloom...  
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A coalition of Canadian poetry journals, fiction magazines and other literary publications with deep roots in the CanLit landscape is decrying new federal rules that would exclude such small-circulation titles as the Malahat Review and Matrix from crucial access to funding from the Department of...  
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It’s hard to compete with the imagination of a child. So when it comes to writing a book for them, an adult needs to capture what can go through their young, creative minds – not only to make sure they’ll understand the story, but be entertained by it, too. Yet what could be a daunting task...  
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After reading our series on civility that begins today, I began thinking about civility in newspapers. Journalists, like just about everyone else in society, have loosened up a bit. And whether some people find it offensive is a matter of personal taste or social mores.  
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WASHINGTON----Law student Anthony J. Alt today won the William E. Swope Antitrust Prize. The writing competition sponsored by international law firm Jones Day awards a $10,000 first prize for an essay illustrating the fact-intensive approach to antitrust analysis pioneered by Mr.  
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